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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Aspirin's main functions are to reduce pain and __________ in the body.

2. What allowed Vernon Berry to go on the trip that ended up causing him to contract a disease?

3. What happens to people who get a mild form of the disease in this chapter?

4. What did the woman decide that she would continue to do, even though she was ill and didn't have a diagnosis?

5. What did all of the men abuse, which caused them to season their meals more than others at the table?

Short Essay Questions

1. Where does the worm that afflicted Vernon normally live before it seeks out a human host?

2. What happened when the eleven men were treated for carbon monoxide poisoning when they were first seen by medical professionals?

3. Who were the people to become ill after eating lunch together, more ill than the ones with whom they dined?

4. What were the symptoms that Herman Sauer was experiencing that led him to go to a New York hospital?

5. What are some of the ways that aspirin can help a patient who takes it, according to scientific research?

6. Why did Elmo Turner decide that he needed to visit his doctor in order to get treatment?

7. What were the different diagnoses that the woman who went into the Dallas hospital had when she began her treatment?

8. What did the hospital tests on Elmo reveal to be a source of his condition?

9. What ended up causing the contamination of the fruit at Tony's Market, leading to the illnesses?

10. Why didn't some of the children become ill in the same way that Billy did when he wore the jeans?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The cause of the blueness in the men was determined to be an accidental poisoning in the food.

Part 1: Do you think poisoning happens a lot in the foods you eat?

Part 2: How do you think the poisoning could have been avoided?

Part 3: Why do you think the restaurant didn't realize that it had made a mistake?

Essay Topic 2

Food poisoning seems to be a common thread in this book, leading to many instances in which the illness is a mystery to doctors.

Part 1: Why do you think food poisoning is something that continues to happen in today's world?

Part 2: How do you think a person might be able to prevent food poisoning all of the time?

Part 3: Do you think that the health department is to blame for food poisoning?

Essay Topic 3

A plant grafting leads to a medical mystery that turns out to be a problem of Jimson weed ingestion.

Part 1: Why do you think a person who grafts plants doesn't realize what plant they have grafted?

Part 2: How do you think this poisoning could have been prevented?

Part 3: Do you worry about the foods you eat when you sit down at a restaurant or with friends?

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